Between sports practices, work schedules and after-school activities, what's a busy mom to do? In Simple Shortcut Recipes, we've sped up all of our favorite dishes for you by using grocery-store convenience products such as refrigerated bread dough, frozen pasta and other prepared items from the deli and bakery...guaranteed to save time, money and your sanity! There's also nearly 200 helpful tips for shopping, cooking, serving, cleaning and organization, plus lots of no-stress fun ideas for sharing food with family & friends. Special sections include an updated listing of common kitchen substitutions and a second easy-to-use index of recipes organized by type of convenience food used. And, as always, our signature hand-drawn illustrations and plenty of Gooseberry Patch charm are sprinkled on every page. For all those hurry-up times that demand dinner in a dash, last-minute bake sale goodies or quick snacks for drop-in guests, Simple Shortcut Recipes is sure to become your go-to cookbook! Hardcover, 224 pages. (9-1/4" x 6-1/2")

Author Biography

Gooseberry Patch was founded in 1984 by Vickie Hutchins and Jo Ann Martin, two moms looking for a way to do what they loved and stay home with kids too. Gooseberry Patch is best known for their collection of family-friendly, community-style cookbooks. Each book is created with today's time-strapped, budget-conscious families in mind and filled with recipes shared by cooks all across the country... with some from friends in Canada and occasionally "across the pond". Along with treasured family recipes, each book includes the stories the go along with these tried & true dishes.